Wed Aug 1, 2012, 04:57 PM

bemildred (67,505 posts)

NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - NATO forces should stay in Afghanistan until they have finished their job to ensure stability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, criticizing the planned withdrawal of most combat troops by 2014.

Putin reiterated Kremlin concerns that the pull-out of the U.S.-led alliance, due to start next year, will leave the Central Asian region south of Russia vulnerable to militant violence and drug trafficking.

"It is regrettable that many participants in this operation are thinking about how to pull out of there. They took up this burden and should carry it to the end," Putin said at a meeting with paratroopers in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk.

"If there is no order in Afghanistan it will not be calm on our southern borders. The current (Afghan) leadership will have difficulties keeping the situation under control. NATO member states are present there, and are performing this function," he said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-russia-nato-afghanistan-idUSBRE87011Q20120801

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says (Original post)	bemildred	Aug 2012	OP
Hey Vlad, you can have it back.	Fuddnik	Aug 2012	#1
"They took up this burden and should carry it to the end"	KamaAina	Aug 2012	#2
Putin's words ilustrate the wisdom in LaRochefoucauld's maxim that "there is	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#3
Sounds about right	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#4
Doesn't apply here.	Igel	Aug 2012	#5
Yipes, I was speaking ironically when i said 'friend'. Putin would like nothing better than	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#7
He's being cute, that's all. nt	bemildred	Aug 2012	#6

Response to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:00 PM

Fuddnik (4,443 posts)

1. Hey Vlad, you can have it back.

He knows the job will never be finished. He must have an interest in a body bag company.

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Response to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:12 PM

KamaAina (45,243 posts)

2. "They took up this burden and should carry it to the end"

Now, now, Vlad. That's no way to talk about your predecessors!

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Response to bemildred (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:21 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

3. Putin's words ilustrate the wisdom in LaRochefoucauld's maxim that "there is

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something in the misfortune of our friends that does not deeply displease us" (roughly translated).

He's probably laughing up his sleeve as the bitter fruit of Bush's douchebaggery ripens.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:29 PM

dipsydoodle (32,661 posts)

4. Sounds about right

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:31 PM

Igel (17,557 posts)

5. Doesn't apply here.

Putin's not our friend. He's also no friend to Afghanistan. You can push that "overload" button all you want, it doesn't matter. (That was a good one: We said 'reset' in English, and "overburden' in Russian. Or possibly 'burden shifting'.)

And the "bitter fruit" will be more what the Afghans suffer than what we suffered, and the fall out for other Central Asian countries. That includes Russia for this discussion.

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Response to Igel (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:17 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

7. Yipes, I was speaking ironically when i said 'friend'. Putin would like nothing better than

for America's imperial hubris to bleed out in the wilds of the Hindu Kush, a trend that is well underway. (Four more NATO troops were killed from hostile fire just today.)

There's plenty of bitter fruit to go around, both for Afghans and for the NATO forces carrying out the occupation.

NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says

1. Hey Vlad, you can have it back.

2. "They took up this burden and should carry it to the end"

3. Putin's words ilustrate the wisdom in LaRochefoucauld's maxim that "there is

4. Sounds about right

5. Doesn't apply here.

7. Yipes, I was speaking ironically when i said 'friend'. Putin would like nothing better than

6. He's being cute, that's all. nt